The distractions caused by the use of the mobile while driving would cause 390 deaths a year , 20% of the total (on roads and city), according to a study released this morning by Fundación Línea Directa from data from the DGT. It is the first time that a report of this draft is made, although the data is an estimate as they insist from the foundation.
The investigation is the case due to the influence of distractions in accidents in a country like Spain that has the highest penetration rate in the world in the use of Smartphone: more than 29 million Spaniards have a phone with these characteristics , with an average use of four hours and 22 minutes. Although in the case of the youngest they approach seven hours a day. In total, 8.1 million Spaniards are considered addicted to these devices .
Francisco Valencia, director of Fundación Linea Directa, revealed that 13 million drivers acknowledge using their cell phone when they drive , "a figure that I consider inferior to the real one." Other data abound in the danger of this behavior: 600,000 say they are addicted to the mobile when they are behind the wheel and two million take selfies. In addition, 20% acknowledge having suffered some risk situation because of the mobile.
According to the DGT, distractions were already the main cause of fatal accidents in 2017, with 33% versus 29% of excessive speed and 26% alcohol. For example, at 120 km / h, dedicating only one second to looking at the screen makes us lose 30 meters, sending a whatsapp is 20 seconds (600 meters) or using the browser 14 seconds.
And in the face of this situation, we find a regulation of the year 2002, although there is a bill already announced by the DGT to increase the sanction from three to six points , but that has not yet been implemented.
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